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Meta-preferences are weird

Bird Concept and Charlie Steiner

Jul 16, 2020, 11:03 PM

13 points

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2 comments5 min readLW link

Sunday July 19, 1pm (PDT) — talks by Raemon, ricraz, mr-hire, Jameson Quinn

Bird Concept and Ben Pace

Jul 16, 2020, 8:04 PM

26 points

5 votes

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6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What should be the topic of my LW mini-talk this Sunday (July 18th)?

Jameson QuinnJul 16, 2020, 4:32 PM

7 points

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 7/16: Becoming the Mask

ZviJul 16, 2020, 12:40 PM

82 points

31 votes

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20 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Why associative operations?

Sunny from QADJul 16, 2020, 12:36 PM

6 points

2 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

(questionsanddaylight.com)

[Question] How big of an issue are patent trolls to the average startup?

ChristianKlJul 16, 2020, 11:31 AM

12 points

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4 comments1 min readLW link

[AN #107]: The convergent instrumental subgoals of goal-directed agents

Rohin ShahJul 16, 2020, 6:47 AM

13 points

4 votes

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1 comment8 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

[AN #108]: Why we should scrutinize arguments for AI risk

Rohin ShahJul 16, 2020, 6:47 AM

19 points

7 votes

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6 comments12 min readLW link

(mailchi.mp)

Alignment proposals and complexity classes

evhubJul 16, 2020, 12:27 AM

40 points

13 votes

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26 comments13 min readLW link

[Question] How should AI debate be judged?

abramdemskiJul 15, 2020, 10:20 PM

49 points

13 votes

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26 comments6 min readLW link

Automatically Turning Off Computer at Night

RaemonJul 15, 2020, 8:42 PM

19 points

8 votes

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13 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Public Figures Contracting COVID-19 as Positive Event

mcJul 15, 2020, 7:56 PM

−11 points

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Divergence causes isolated demands for rigor

George3d6Jul 15, 2020, 6:59 PM

14 points

8 votes

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4 comments7 min readLW link

(blog.cerebralab.com)

[Question] What do we now know about long-term consequences of a COVID-19 infection?

ChristianKlJul 15, 2020, 2:42 PM

14 points

5 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

New paper: AGI Agent Safety by Iteratively Improving the Utility Function

Koen.HoltmanJul 15, 2020, 2:05 PM

21 points

9 votes

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2 comments6 min readLW link

Education 2.0 — A brand new education system

aryanJul 15, 2020, 10:09 AM

−8 points

8 votes

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3 comments6 min readLW link

Classification of AI alignment research: deconfusion, “good enough” non-superintelligent AI alignment, superintelligent AI alignment

philip_bJul 14, 2020, 10:48 PM

35 points

13 votes

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25 comments3 min readLW link

Mazes and Duality

johnswentworth and Bird Concept

Jul 14, 2020, 7:54 PM

62 points

19 votes

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10 comments6 min readLW link

The Goldbach conjecture is probably correct; so was Fermat’s last theorem

Stuart_ArmstrongJul 14, 2020, 7:30 PM

82 points

33 votes

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28 comments4 min readLW link

Dremeling

CzynskiJul 14, 2020, 7:23 PM

66 points

39 votes

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8 comments1 min readLW link

Calibration Practice: Retrodictions on Metaculus

RaemonJul 14, 2020, 6:35 PM

34 points

16 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

AI Benefits Post 4: Outstanding Questions on Selecting Benefits

CullenJul 14, 2020, 5:26 PM

4 points

2 votes

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4 comments5 min readLW link

Rationality Vienna Meetup July 2020

Laszlo_TreszkaiJul 14, 2020, 1:06 PM

2 points

1 vote

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Limits of Current US Prediction Markets (PredictIt Case Study)

aphyerJul 14, 2020, 7:24 AM

210 points

104 votes

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50 comments7 min readLW link

Algorithmic Intent: A Hansonian Generalized Anti-Zombie Principle

Zack_M_DavisJul 14, 2020, 6:03 AM

52 points

22 votes

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20 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] What are the mostly likely ways AGI will emerge?

Craig QuiterJul 14, 2020, 12:58 AM

3 points

2 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How to persuade people/groups out of sunk cost fallacy?

vernamcipherJul 13, 2020, 10:51 PM

3 points

2 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Life Through Quantum Annealing: How a quantum computing technique could shape existence

ChrisMJul 13, 2020, 10:48 PM

2 points

5 votes

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1 comment16 min readLW link

[Question] 3-P Group optimal for discussion?

AiresJLJul 13, 2020, 10:23 PM

3 points

2 votes

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0 comments1 min readLW link

Book Review: Fooled by Randomness

SherrinfordJul 13, 2020, 9:02 PM

34 points

13 votes

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10 comments5 min readLW link

Roll for Sanity

eapacheJul 13, 2020, 4:39 PM

16 points

6 votes

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2 comments4 min readLW link

Null-boxing Newcomb’s Problem

YitzJul 13, 2020, 4:32 PM

33 points

26 votes

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9 comments4 min readLW link

2020 LessWrong Demographics Survey Results

B JacobsJul 13, 2020, 1:53 PM

18 points

9 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

What You Are

Jarred FilmerJul 13, 2020, 11:35 AM

3 points

3 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Update more slowly!

DavidmanheimJul 13, 2020, 7:10 AM

51 points

22 votes

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4 comments2 min readLW link

In praise of contributing examples, analogies and lingo

Adam ZernerJul 13, 2020, 6:43 AM

37 points

13 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Six economics misconceptions of mine which I’ve resolved over the last few years

BuckJul 13, 2020, 3:01 AM

202 points

117 votes

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59 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] What is the current state of knowledge around COVID-19 at-home remedies?

DorikkaJul 12, 2020, 10:50 PM

10 points

3 votes

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7 comments1 min readLW link

What counts as defection?

TurnTroutJul 12, 2020, 10:03 PM

81 points

23 votes

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21 comments5 min readLW link 1 review

Possible new pneumonia in Kazahkstan (July 2020)

JayJul 12, 2020, 8:41 PM

2 points

1 vote

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0 comments1 min readLW link

School Has It Backwards

proshowersingerJul 12, 2020, 7:24 PM

33 points

26 votes

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10 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What is the current process for increases testing?

jmhJul 12, 2020, 5:21 PM

5 points

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1 comment1 min readLW link

Budapest meetup Margit Sziget, 7/19 2pm

Timothy UnderwoodJul 12, 2020, 2:07 PM

3 points

2 votes

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2 comments1 min readLW link

Science eats its young

George3d6Jul 12, 2020, 12:32 PM

14 points

6 votes

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13 comments10 min readLW link

(cerebralab.com)

Gödel Incompleteness: For Dummies

jollybardJul 12, 2020, 9:13 AM

9 points

6 votes

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6 comments3 min readLW link

Covid-19: Analysis of Mortality Data

ZviJul 11, 2020, 9:30 PM

32 points

13 votes

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12 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How well can the GPT architecture solve the parity task?

FactorialCodeJul 11, 2020, 7:02 PM

19 points

6 votes

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3 comments1 min readLW link

Canonical forms

senJul 11, 2020, 6:53 PM

8 points

4 votes

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1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.fimfiction.net)

Lurking More Before Joining Complex Conversations

RaemonJul 11, 2020, 5:11 PM

42 points

19 votes

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11 comments3 min readLW link

Meta Programming GPT: A route to Superintelligence?

dmteaJul 11, 2020, 2:51 PM

10 points

5 votes

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7 comments4 min readLW link

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